Chain restaurants we miss

February 4, 2013 |By AUBREY COHEN

Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour Restaurants

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The first Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour opened in Portland, Ore., in 1963. The company expanded to 58 restaurants by 1971, when Marriott bought it. Marriott expanded it to 130 locations before selling to a San Francisco investment group in 1985, according to a corporate history. The investors changed it to a traditional family style restaurant, and nearly all locations closed by 1990.

Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour Restaurants

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The first Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour opened in Portland, Ore., in 1963. The company expanded to 58 restaurants by 1971, when Marriott bought it. Marriott expanded it to 130 locations before selling to a San Francisco investment group in 1985, according to a corporate history. The investors changed it to a traditional family style restaurant, and nearly all locations closed by 1990.